IGNOU, NIS Sparta to set up community colleges

Updated on: Thursday, July 16, 2009

New Delhi: Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) and NIS Sparta, a leading Training, Education and Learning Solutions provider have come together to offer Education through Community Colleges in India.

As a part of this collaboration, over 50 NIS Community Colleges will be opened across the country. The concept of providing skill-based courses through community colleges is new in India and is all set to take education to new mile. NIS Sparta will offer certificate courses, Diploma Courses and Associate Degree programs under this initiative. Programmes will be offered starting July 2009 across India and admissions are in progress.

The two-year curriculum will lead to an Associate degree for transfer to an undergraduate college or lead to the students’ direct entry into any occupation or trade. These colleges are a source of economic growth because they provide an educated and skilled workforce that improves the quality of life for individual students, communities, and the nation, said V N Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice-Chancellor IGNOU.

The fees of the programme which is outlined on making it affordable will be determined jointly by NIS Sparta and IGNOU.

The beneficiaries under this NIS Community College initiative will be, be school drop-outs, late entrants into higher education, and working people who find entry into the formal system rigid. The students would be allowed to pursue continuing education through all meaningful formats – face-to-face, online, full-time and part-time.

IGNOU, NIS Sparta to set up community colleges

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